July 27th, ERRE-10

Posted by Laura Parker1080.40sc on July 27, 2016

Morning session begins with 3 expert witnesses:

Henry Milner - senior researcher at the Université de Montréal, André Blais - Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies at the Université de Montréal, and Alex Himelfarb - former Clerk of the Privy Council and academic

Milner is a senior researcher at the Université de Montréal who has published extensively on Canadian elections and electoral reform. He argued in an Ottawa Citizen op-ed piece for a robust public education campaign for any proposed change. Milner has written in support of a mixed-member system in the past.

André Blais

Also at the Université de Montréal, Blais holds the Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies and has written on how voting systems affect turnout and engagement.

Also testifying is Alex Himelfarb, former Clerk of the Privy Council and academic. Himelfarb supports proportional representation.